''Destiny'' is a 2014

historical fiction Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...

novel written by Don Brown. It is the prequel to Browns

Navy Justice Series The Navy Justice Series consists of five novels, authored by Don Brown and published by Zondervan Publishing Company, and its parent publishing company, Harper Collins Publishing Company between 2005 and 2010. The novels, which fit mostly in the ...

, perhaps considered to be Brown's signature literary series. Although the novel was the first novel written in the series, it was also the most recently released. Set in World War II, the novel's protagonist is Walter Brewer, the grandfather of Navy Justice Series hero, JAG Officer Lieutenant Zack Brewer. The storyline climaxes in and around the events surrounding the

Battle of Normandy Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Norma ...

. Although the novel was penned in 2003, it was released in 2014, according to Brown, making it the last in the series to be released sequentially, but the first written, chronologically.

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2014 American novels Novels set during World War II Fiction set in 1944 Operation Overlord Novels set in Normandy {{2010s-WWII-novel-stub